“JEOPARDY!” 5/6/24

Challengers:
Carrie Klaus (Greencastle, IN): French professor
Matthew Smith (NY): Paramedic

JR:
IN THE 19th CENTURY
STATE MOTTOES
FLORAL CATEGORY
EMBRACE THE DARK SIDE
RECORDED AT ABBEY ROAD
HOMOPHONES

$800 State Motto:

L’etoile du Nord, or “star of the north”, isn’t the motto of Alaska but this state that’s the northernmost of the lower 48.

Weckiai: “What is Maine?”
Matthew: “What is Washington?”

TS: Minnesota (you just disappointed Melissa Peterman)

$1K State Motto:

Tennessee’s motto has the names of these 2 cabinet depts- 1 about sewing & 1 about selling.

Weckiai: “What are agriculture & commerce?” ($200)

$800 19th Century:

The answer’s the DD.

Spain’s 2nd queen of this name ruled from 1833-1868 when a revolution forced her into exile.

“Who is Isabel?”…aka Isabella II, she’s correct to multiply her $200 by 6.

$1K 19th Century:

The Treaty of Nanjing in 1842 ended the 1st of these wars instigated by British drug dealers.

Matthew: “What are the Opium Wars?” ($200)

$600 19th Century:

At this 1805 naval battle Lord Nelson gave his famous signal “England expects that every man will do his duty”.

Weckiai: “What is Trafalgar?” ($1800)

$600 State Motto:

Kentucky’s motto “United we stand” followed by these 3 words has a lengthy history dating as far back as Aesop.

Weckiai: “What is ‘divided we fall’?” ($2400)

$800 Recorded At Abbey Road:

In ’67 Pink Floyd came over from Studio 3 to watch the Beatles work on a tune in Studio 2 about this “lovely” lady.

Matthew: “Who is ‘Rita’?” ($1K)

$1K Homophone:

A small rabbit relative of the mountains & a unit of type size

Carrie: “What is pika/pica?”

$800 Homophone:

A device in scientific instruments & a vessel used in church

Weckiai: “What is sensor/censer?” ($3200)

$600 Homophone:

A racing boat propelled manually & a cranium

Carrie: “What is a scull/skull?” ($1600)

$400 Homophone:

Movement from a higher to lower elevation & religious nonconformity

Carrie: “What is descent/dissent?” ($2K)

$200 Homophone:

To stimulate an appetite & to dampen

Weckiai: “What is w(h)et?” ($3400)

$1K Recorded At Abbey Road:

In ’18 this band whose name’s a yr that’s not 2018 hit Abbey Road to fill out “A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships”.

Weckiai: “Who are the 1975?” ($4400)

$600 Recorded At Abbey Road:

He found Abbey Road “Perfect” as he sang “I whispered underneath my breath but you heard it, darling, you look perfect tonight”.

Weckiai: “Who is Ed Sheeran?” ($5K)

$800 Dark Side:

Often called the 1st dark horse President this 11th chief exec waged the Mexican War & added vast new territory to the USA.

Weckiai: “Who is James K. Polk?” ($5800)

$1K Dark Side:

In 1933 astronomer Fritz Zwicky posited the existence of this detected only by its gravitational effects.

Weckiai: “What is dark matter?” ($6800)

$600 Dark Side:

These ancient texts discovered in 1947 contained an account of an impending war between the Sons of Light & the Sons of Darkness.

Weckiai: “What are the Dead Sea Scrolls?” ($7400)

SOLE ATTEMPTED TS AT START OF RD: $800 (State Mottoes)

CS:
Weckiai: $10K/Matthew: $2800/Carrie: $3K

DJ!:
COMBAT PILOTS
THE PLOT SICKENS
KNOWN BY THEIR INITIALS
4-LETTER VERBS
U.S. COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
TIME FOR SOME TV “AD”s

Weckiai ($16,400) finds her 2nd DD of the evening back of the $1600 clue about U.S. Colleges & Universities; it’s not a runaway because Carrie has $10,200 & Matthew’s last w/ $5600. Weckiai wagers $2K.

This university was founded in Philadelphia after “night owls” studied in founder Russell Conwell’s church.

“What is…the University of Pennsylvania?”- oh no; that’s Temple. Matthew ($8800) takes DD #2 out of the $800 Combat Pilots box & can take over 2nd from Carrie ($10,600); Weckiai’s close to LGT w/ $19,200. Matthew risks $4K.

In 1944 he became 1 of the 1st to shoot down a jet fighter & 3yrs later he reached MACH 1.06.

“Who is Yeager?”…yeah to move into 2nd.

DJ! LT: $8K

Pre-Final S:
Weckiai: $19,600/Matthew: $13,200/Carrie: $10,600

CORYAT SCORES:
Weckiai: $21,400/Matthew: $10K

FJ!: HISTORIC GROUPS

Like their uniform the flag of this group created in 1506 has stripes of red, blue & yellow- the colors of the Medici family.

CARRIE: “What is the Italian army?” ($9K) = $1600
MATTHEW: “What is the Swiss guard?” (DOUBLE) = $26,400
WECKIAI: “What is the French Foreign Legion?” = $12,799